From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.kapsi.fi ([217.30.184.167]:45145 "EHLO mail.kapsi.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751333AbcBDQOm (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2016 11:14:42 -0500 Subject: Re: PCTV 292e weirdness To: Russel Winder , DVB_Linux_Media References: <1454523447.1970.15.camel@itzinteractive.com> From: Antti Palosaari Message-ID: <56B378F0.6020301@iki.fi> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 18:14:40 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1454523447.1970.15.camel@itzinteractive.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Moikka! On 02/03/2016 08:17 PM, Russel Winder wrote: > I am fairly sure I didn't see this before, but then I am not sure I > have a new kernel, libdvbv5 or dvbtools. Also people are bad witnesses. > However, if I plug the device in I can either scan with it or tune it, > but only once thereafter it goes into "won't do anything so there" > mode. For example: > > > |> dvbv5-zap -c save_channels.conf "BBC NEWS" > using demux '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > reading channels from file 'save_channels.conf' > service has pid type 05: 7270 > tuning to 490000000 Hz > video pid 501 > dvb_set_pesfilter 501 > audio pid 502 > dvb_set_pesfilter 502 > (0x00) > Lock (0x1f) Signal= -51.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > 582 anglides:~/Repositories/Git/Git/Me-TV (git:master) > |> dvbv5-zap -c save_channels.conf "BBC NEWS" > using demux '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > reading channels from file 'save_channels.conf' > service has pid type 05: 7270 > tuning to 490000000 Hz > video pid 501 > dvb_set_pesfilter 501 > audio pid 502 > dvb_set_pesfilter 502 > (0x00) C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -67.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -67.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -109.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -109.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -109.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -109.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -109.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -109.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -109.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > (0x00) Signal= -109.00dBm C/N= 23.50dB > > > If I use a PCTV 282e this does not happen. As far as I can tell there > has been no change of firmware either, and yet… Are you using DVB-T, T2 or C? I quickly tested T and T2 with dvbv5-zap and it worked (kernel media 4.5.0-rc1+). PCTV 282e seems to be dibcom based DVB-T only device, so you are using DVB-T? regards Antti -- http://palosaari.fi/